document.write( "Question 1175103: You need to buy some chicken for dinner tonight. You found an ad showing that the store across town has it on sale for $2.99 a pound, which is cheaper than your usual neighborhood store, which sells it for $3.39 a pound. Is it worth the extra drive?\r
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document.write( "Going to the further store is cheaper
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document.write( "Going to the close store is cheaper
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Algebra.Com's Answer #800649 by ikleyn(52864) You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Unfortunately (or fortunately ?), this post DOES NOT provide all necessary input info to give a numerical answer.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, where I should \"click to display that info\" ?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In general, my feeling is that the problem is created by very weak \"problems composer\" and has educational value \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "indistinguishable from zero (if not negative . . . ).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is not able to inspire anyone to solve it.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "THEREFORE, I think that it is mercifully that the problem has a lack of input data, making its solution IMPOSSIBLE.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |